"Cities worldwide are confronting the converging pressures of climate volatility and unequal public health responses. In Morocco, the devastating 2023 Al Haouzearthquake shed new light on how we should examine climate change in relation to post-disaster recovery, fragile infrastructure, insecure housing, and water scarcity, all of which compound risks for those already living with limited services.
This disaster also showed that urban health does not begin or end with biomedical treatment. It is made and remade in everyday routines: fetching and storing water, seeking shade from extreme heat, rebuilding damaged homes, navigating unreliable sanitation, and sustaining livelihoods under environmental stress."
